Education

Jacinta Allan has announced the government's response to abuse of students at Beaumaris Primary.

‘We failed’: Apology, truth-telling for abused students

A statewide apology will be made to victim-survivors of sexual abuse in state schools, following an inquiry that found a “serious and systematic” failure to protect children.

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Former Cranbrook principal Nicholas Sampson has reached a settlement with the elite Sydney private school.

‘Vindicated’: Former principal settles after sex scandal

Former Cranbrook principal Nicholas Sampson has reached a settlement with the elite Sydney private school three months after his sudden departure during a teacher sex scandal but he’s still pursuing the ABC

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AI presents huge challenges to young graduates entering the work force, writes Lucio Ribeiro.

How AI can help — and hinder — those entering the work force

The job market has always been tough for university graduates, but the class of 2024 faces a new challenge that no other generation has had to face.

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A universities leader is slamming the Labor government's plan to cut international student numbers. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

‘Policy chaos’: Industry outrage as Australia’s top unis revealed

Three Australian universities have scored a top 20 result in a global ranking, as the head of Universities Australia labels the government's international student cap proposal "policy chaos" with significant ramifications.

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Police and the Department of Education are investigating a post which ranked girls studying at Foxwell State Secondary College using sexist categories.

‘Abduction material’: High school rocked by ranking scandal

Teenage girls at a Queensland high school have been targeted on a social media post with a ‘vile’ student ranking system.

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Richard Marles says it's critically important that the nation stands up against anti-Semitism.

‘Anti-Semitism worst I’ve ever seen in Australia’: Marles

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles claims anti-Semitism in Australia has reached levels not seen in his lifetime. His comments come after one of the most prominent Jewish day schools was targeted in a sickening graffiti attack.

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More than 100 students took over the Arts West building at the University of Melbourne in a dramatic sit-in on Wednesday afternoon (May 15).

Leave now, or else: Uni threatens to expel Palestine campers

A major University at the centre of a dramatic sit-in has demanded pro-Palestine protesters leave campus or face expulsion or police intervention.

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Pro-Palestine solidarity encampments stationed at universities across Australia remain defiant in the face of mounting pressure to disband their tent cities.

Uni bolsters security as protestors issue joint statement

The University of Melbourne is bolstering campus security and has warned “external actors” they could be referred to police as hundreds of students continue to occupy a building in a pro-Palestine protest.

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Pro-Palestine demonstrators at the University of Melbourne have taken their protest indoors. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

University tensions rise as protesters refuse to budge

Classes at one of Australia’s biggest universities are set to be cancelled for a third day in a row as pro-Palestine protesters around the nation defy orders to pack up encampments.

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Some education providers are accused of lowering admission standards to "poach" foreign students. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Government to cap OS student numbers and weed out ‘shonks’

The universities sector is urging government not to "throw the baby out with the bathwater" by capping lucrative international student visas to Australia.

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The Hindu Council has called on schools across the country to act to “combat conversion and the promotion of radical ideologies”.

Hindu Council demands removal of public school prayer rooms

The Hindu Council of Australia has called for the removal of prayer rooms from public schools because of fears they could be used to promote ‘radical ideologies’.

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Four male students have been suspended from Yarra Valley Grammar over a spreadsheet ranked female students by derogatory terms.

Elite school boys’ ‘disgraceful’ list scandal

A Victorian school is dealing with a horrifying scandal after male students created a spreadsheet that ranked female students’ attractiveness.

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Police are investigate after a drug scandal rocked two elite Sydney schools holding a joint camp.

Elite school’s camp alarms parents after drug scandal

Police are investigating after two students were found with banned substances at a school camp. The incident has caused alarm among parents of the students at the two prestigious schools.

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School bullies may end up earning more in middle-age.

School bullies may end up earning more in middle-age

A new British study has found that some behaviours considered problematic in childhood can lead to higher salaries later in life.

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A quick poll of the young people at my kitchen bench shows students are drowning in debt before they’ve even left university.

How the HECS do we fix the issue of outrageous student debt?

A quick poll of the young people at my kitchen bench shows students are drowning in debt before they’ve even left university.

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